#bird's egg

[rherlotshadow]

In autumn's bare tree was spring's abandoned song thrush nest, a cup of smooth mud in a cradle of twigs and a coat of moss. Inside the old nest, one unhatched egg, just about intact: a flight never flown, a song never sung.

[heaveninawildflower]

‘Study of a Rosehip and a Bird’s Egg Against a Mossy Bank’ (late 1820′s) by

William Henry Hunt (English, 1790 - 1864).

Watercolour.

Image and text information courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art.

[rherlotshadow]

Song thrush egg, beautifully speckled blue (tho old and abandoned and rancid...)

[bolaneno]

I saw this robin's egg a few days ago during one of our nature walks 🐣

[katacala]

7.2.20 • robin's egg

[notquitereality4u-blog]

Resting comfortably